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Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) first flight
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A NASA SR-71 successfully completed its first flight 31 October 1997 as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The SR-71 took off at 8:31 a.m. PST. The aircraft flew for one hour and fifty minutes, reaching a maximum speed of Mach 1.2 before landing at Edwards at 10:21 a.m. PST, successfully validating the SR-71/linear aerospike experiment configuration.
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Credit lineLinear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) first flight. NASA/AFRC, 1997-10-31. Public domain. ID: EC97-44295-100.
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